Category : Beatles

Adidas launches Hey Jude ad campaign for Euro 2024

Adidas have launched an advertising campaign soundtracked by The Beatles’ 1968 song ‘Hey Jude’, to coincide with the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship. The performance features Paul McCartney singing without backing, with cro...

When the Beatles came to Australia: ‘Letters to the editor were apoplectic about their hair’

Sixty years since the Fab Four arrived to mass hysteria, a new book captures the thousands who lined up for a glimpse, the moral panic and resulting generation gapIt was exactly 60 years ago that the Beatles arrived in Australia. For those of us who...

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Moody Theater, Austin

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band performed at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas, USA, on 9 June 2024. It was the 12th show of the 15th All-Starr Band’s 2024 tour. Edgar Winter did not perform at this show. Starr had previously performed at t...

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Payne Arena, Hidalgo

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band performed at the Payne Arena in Hidalgo, Texas, USA, on 8 June 2024. It was the 11th show of the 15th All-Starr Band’s 2024 tour. The 15th All-Starr Band Ringo Starr: vocals, drums, percussion Steve Lukather:...

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band performed at the Auditorio Nacional (National Auditorium) in Mexico City, Mexico, on 5 June 2024. It was the ninth show of the 15th All-Starr Band’s 2024 tour, and the first of two consecutive nights in Mexico...

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Venetian Theatre, Las Vegas

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band performed at the Venetian Theatre in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, on 22 May 2024. It was the first show of the 15th All-Starr Band’s 2024 tour, and the first of six non-consecutive nights at the Venetian Theatre. E...

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Yaamava’ Theater, Highland

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band performed at the Yaamava’ Theater in Highland, California, USA, on 28 May 2024. It was the fifth show of the 15th All-Starr Band’s 2024 tour. The 15th All-Starr Band Ringo Starr: vocals, drums, percussio...

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Mountain Winery, Saratoga

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band performed at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, California, USA, on 24 May 2024. It was the second show of the 15th All-Starr Band’s 2024 tour. Edgar Winter did not perform at this show due to Covid-19. Starr ha...

George Harrison’s childhood home in Liverpool gets blue plaque

Tribute to be unveiled at No 12 Arnold Grove in Wavertree, where the Beatle lived until he was nearly sevenNo 12 Arnold Grove looks like an ordinary red-brick terrace house in the Liverpool suburb of Wavertree, recognisable only to those with a deep...

Paul McCartney becomes first UK billionaire musician

Paul McCartney has become the UK’s first billionaire musician, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. He appears jointly with his wife Nancy, whose estimated worth is £50 million according to the newspaper. Sir Paul, 81, is said to have earne...

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, Saint Petersburg

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band performed at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall (BKZ) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 7 June 2011. It was the third show of the 11th All-Starr Band’s tour of Europe and South America, which lasted for 39 dates betwee...

Expanded editions of John Lennon’s Mind Games to be released

John Lennon’s fourth solo album, 1973’s Mind Games, is to be reissued on 19 July 2024 in a range of formats, with an array of remixed audio, outtakes, and rarities. The physical formats will be a super deluxe and deluxe box sets, and 2xLP and 2...

Let It Be review - restored Beatles doc is fascinating but flawed

Hated on its original release, Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s rereleased 1970 documentary is full of personality but drags in placesUnavailable to the public (unless you count ropey pirated VHS copies) for some 50 years and received on its release in 1970...

Doctor Who: Space Babies and The Devil’s Chord – season one opening recap

With snot monsters, a spaceship powered by nappies and the bad Beatles, the opening double bill of Ncuti Gatwa’s time as the Doctor is full of fun and frolics … if a little forgettable plotwiseAt last we get to see the big bold reimagining we’ve been...

Let It Be review – reissued Beatles film takes long and winding road to eventual acclaim

Reviled by the band when it came out and widely thought of as miserable, the film – restored to its original format – actually offers light and insightful momentsThe most surprising thing about the reissue of Let It Be is that it commences with foota...